§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list in the Official Report the rate of monthly losses of carbon dioxide from each of the Magnox power stations and state the main reasons for these losses in each station; and what analysis his Department has made of the effect of these losses on the safety of the stations.
§ Mr. Norman LamontCarbon dioxide losses are vented from reactor buildings via stacks to the atmosphere. Samples of the losses are analysed on a regular basis for radioactivity, and the rate of loss is monitored by the Central Electricity Generating Board and the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate of the Health and Safety Executive. The inspectorate has advised me that the losses do not affect the safety of the stations. I am asking the chairman of the Central Electricity Generating Board to write to the hon. Member about losses of carbon dioxide from particular Magnox power stations.